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    Ganges Delta Problems

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    of the climate changes? The water supply of Ganges is schrinking and the river is going to dry out in the future‚ because the meltwater from the mountains is gone in 20 years and then there is no water anymore from glaciers. So in 20 years the river probably is a dry river. If the temperature is rising ‚the snow is melting of the Himalayan glaciers and an effect is that the melting water comes down into the river which causes heavely floodings. There are more and heavier erratic rainfalls

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    Rhine River

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    Rhine River Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….…...…3 Rhine’s history………………………………………………………………………..….3 Rhine’s sections……………………………………………………………………….....3 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….4 Introduction Rhine River flows from two small headways in the Switzerland Alps and passes northward between the border of France and Germany‚ then continues entirely in Germany and after than through the Netherlands until it flows into the North Sea. The Rhine River is the twelfth

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    River Valleys

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    special characteristics that make up Earth’s surface include various climates‚ countries‚ peoples‚ and natural resources. River valleys‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ islands‚ rainforest‚ and climate are some structures that are considered as geographical features. A geographical feature such as river valleys had an importance in the ways people lived in earlier civilizations. These river valleys have had positively and negatively affected these early civilizations such as Egypt‚ India‚ and China. As people

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    The Rhine River

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    drainage basin? 65‚600 square miles 2. In what direction does the Rhine flow? South to North 3. Where is its source? Switzerland 4. Where is its mouth? North Sea 5. How many countries does it flow through? In Luxemburg and Belgium the river just pass around it but in Switzerland‚ France‚ Germany and The Netherlands. 6. How far can a boat travel up the Rhine from the mouth? For more than 500 miles 7. In what year did the Rhine become an international waterway? What does this

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    Korneework

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    DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION BY IYABRADE IKPORUKPO (Ph.D) DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY‚ WILBERFORCE ISLAND BAYELSA STATE E-mail: ijikporukpo@gmail.com ABSTRACT The Niger Delta region is the bedrock of Nigeria’s crude oil production. The region is prone to developmental challenges and socio-political crisis. This paper examines the nature and character of the Nigerian State that undermine the development of oil producing communities of the Niger Delta. This study in addition

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    Nigeria and the Oil Crisis

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    CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in Africa’s most populous nation. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s‚ the oil industry has been married by political and economic strife due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and the complicity of multinational corporations‚ notably Royal Dutch Shell. However it was not until the early 1990s‚ after the Nigerian

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    The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about 50 kilometres north of the city centre of Puerto Princesa‚ Palawan Philippines. Technically it is approximately 360 miles south of Manila in Midwest coast of the Mainland of Palawan. Sabang is a beach town about 76kilometers northwest of the main Industrial Puerto Princesa. The management of Puerto Princesa ST. Paul Subterranean River and National park is through the City of Puerto Princesa and THE City Tourism and the Park

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    mr vb vb

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    Danube Delta From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia UNESCO World Heritage Site Danube Delta Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List Country Romania‚ Ukraine Type Natural Criteria vii‚ x Reference 588 UNESCO region List of World Heritage Sites in Europe Inscription history Inscription 1991 (15th Session) Danube Delta - Landsat satellite photo (2000) The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij]; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю

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    river processes

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    Before looking at river landforms it is important to understand the more general role of rivers and to develop an awareness of the processes at work within rivers. It is through this knowledge that we will better undertand the processes at work in the geomorphology of the drainage basin. The role of rivers can be understood in very simple terms. The river’s role is to balance its load and transport it to the ocean. But this this idea of rivers as merely transporting weathered material to the ocean

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    The Ms Delta has a history that shows poverty and inequality has shaped the communities. That history is one that has been difficult to overcome. Poverty and inequality has impacted both families and youth. The financial strain has been hard on the family structure in the Delta. As you can imagine the financial weight of a family is falling. Most men in the Delta have found that it is easier to abandon their offspring because they don’t have the economy to support them. The lack of education makes

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